Hair-comb.



No. 842,524. PATE'NTED JAN. 29, 1907.

F. S, GARTWRIGHT. HAIR COMB.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 1906.

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No. 342,524., PATENTED 'JAN. 29, 1907.

F- s. GARTWRIGH-T. HAIR 00MB, APPLIOATIOH FILED APR. 5, 1906.

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FOREST S. CARTWRIGHT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIR-COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 29, 1907.

Application filed April 5, 1906. Serial No. 310,129.

To all whom it Wtcty concern:

Be it known that I, Fonns'r S. CART- WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Combs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thls invention relates to improvements in hair-combs, and has for its object to construct a device of that nature which shall be provided with means whereby a comb is held firmly in place in the hair and its disarrangement therein prevented.

The particular improvements consists in the provision of a flexible spring, of whale- I bone, metal, or other suitable material, attached to the upper portion of the comb and pressing against one .of the teeth thereof with resilient force.

A still further improvement consists in the formation of the spring with a curved portion to fit closely against the correspondinglycurved ortion oi the comb-teeth.

A stil further improvement consists in the attachment of pieces of soft rubber or other elastic material to the inner surface of the ends of the comb-teeth or at the point of I contact of the resilient member with the tooth.

My invention also consists in the adaptation of the above devices in combination to a comb of the type having a plurality of teeth and in the attachment of the same to the teeth adjacent the two end teeth thereof.

My invention will be more clearly understood from an inspection of the'anneXed drawings, forming a part of the specification, and in which the same parts are referred to by like numerals in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved retaining device as applied to a comb having a pair of straight teeth. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showing a comb the teeth of which are waved or curved. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a comb similar to that shown in Fig. 1 and provided at the lower ends of its teeth with the elastic retaining means. Fig. 4 is a view of a further modification of the device shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a comb having a plurality of teeth and showing my improved retaining means attached to one of the teeth thereof and in combination therewith. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a section on line 8 S of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 10 denotes the teeth of a hair-pin, of bone or other suitable material, and which, as shown in Fig. 1, are approximately straight.

12 denotes a spring, of metal or other material, set in at the top of the pin, as at 13, and adapted at one point to bear against a tooth 10 with resilient force. In Fig. 2 the teeth of the pin shown are of the waved variety and are curved, as at 14, the spring 12 in this figure being shown as correspondingly curved, as at 15. A modification of this last-described. construction is shown in Fig. 4, in which the bent portion 15 of the spring is likewise curved, as at 16, at its point of contact with the waved portion 14 of the tooth 10 to provide an arcuate surface which shall more closely fit against the rounded surface of tooth 10, as shown in Fig. 5.

n Fig. 3 the teeth 10 of the hair-pin are given a more pronounced bend at their upper ends, so that the same bear, against each other at their lower ends with a resilient force. At the point of contact of the teeth, as shown in this figure, there is inserted in each tooth a small iece of soft rubber or other elastic materia 18, the same fitting in recesses 19 on the surfaces of the teeth. Owing to the resilient action of the teeth. the adjacent faces of the inserts will be pressed together and the comb firmly held in place.

' In Fig. 6 the improvement is shown in connection with a comb having more than two teeth and is adapted to cooperate with the waved second teeth 11' at each end of the I comb to retain the latter in place in the hair, the waved portions 14 of said teeth 11 being similar to the structure shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the spring 12*, which is attached to the upper portion of the comb, as at 13 being likewise waved and bent in cross-section into arcuate form, as at 15. At the point of contact between each spring 12 and tooth 11 the inserts 18 are likewise provided, the same being attached in the manner similar to that shown in Fig. 3. In addition there is also shown in Fig. 6 a device for releasing the spring 12 from the tooth 11*, whereby the comb may be easily withdrawn from the hair.

This device consists of a supplemental section 12 of the same material as the spring attached thereto at its lower end 13 and adapted to move longitudinally through an opening 20, formed in the bridge portion of the comb, between the first and second teeth at each end of the comb, the upper end of each section projecting beyond the corresponding opening, as shown. By moving this projecting end upwardly it will be obvious that the lower end of the spring 12 will be released from contact with the teeth 11 when the comb may be withdrawn from the hair.

It will be apparent that the inserts of rubber or other elastic material provide a friction-surface and that the cooperation there with of the resilient spring will serve to hold the comb firmly in place. It is likewise apparent that these inserts may be placed in any of the constructions shown in addition to the resilient spring-catch, and also that in Fig. 3 either one of the teeth 10 may be re garded as the resilient member which cooperates with the friction-insert.

Slight modifications may obviously be illcluded within the scope of the claims, and I do not, therefore, limit myself to the exact construction shown and described.

What is claimed is 1. A comb provided with teeth, one of said teeth having an elastic insert disposed therein adjacent its lower end, and means adapted to contact directly with said insert, to hold the comb in place.

2. A comb provided with teeth, one of said teeth having a recess formed in its side adj acent its lower end; an elastic strip disposed in said recess; resilient means adapted to contact directly with said strip, to hold the comb in place; and separate means connected with said first-mentioned means and adapted upon actuation to release the latter from contact with said strip.

3. A comb provided with teeth and having an opening formed through the bridge portion between two adjacent teeth; a spring having its upper end secured in said bridge portion and its lower end adapted to contact with the face of one of said teeth, to hold the comb in place; and a supplemental section formed on said spring and extending through said opening, said section being adapted when moved upwardly therethrough, to release said spring end from contact with said tooth side.

4. A comb provided with teeth and having an opening formed in the bridge portionbetween two adjacent teeth a resilient memher having one end secured in said bridge portion and adapted to contact with its free end directly against one of said teeth; and means connected with said member and movable through said opening, said last-mentioned means being adapted when moved upwardly therethrough to release said resilient means from contact with said tooth.

5. A comb provided with teeth and having an opening formed through its bridge portion between two adjacent teeth, one of said teeth having a recess formed in its side; a strip of elastic material inserted in said recess; resilient means having one end secured in said bridge portion and adapted to contact with its free end directly against said strip, to hold the comb in place and means connected with said resilient means and movable through said opening, said last-mentioned means being adapted when moved upwardly there through to release said resilient means from contact with said strip.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FOREST S. CARTXVRIGHT.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES E. YOUNG L. L. MEAD. 

